Chilliwack Chiefs
Chilliwack Chiefs score first but falter in 3rd period of BCHL playoffs
PRINCE GEORGE - After going up 2-0 in their BCHL playoff series and holding a 1-0 lead going into the third period Tuesday night, the Chilliwack Chiefs saw their streak of good fortune dissipate. Facing the threat of a 3-0 deficit, the Prince George Spruce Kings turned the tables in less than a minute seconds to make i...
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Potential development
Affordable housing complex could be built next to Ruth and Naomi's in Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK - A 75-unit apartment complex offering affordable housing for seniors, single-parent families and individuals with low to moderate incomes could be built next to Ruth and Naomi's on Princess Avenue near downtown Chilliwack. According to the text of an engagement letter obtained by Fraser Valley Today, Lookou...
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Chilliwack Chiefs score first but falter in 3rd period of BCHL playoffs
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Carjacking
Armed men with balaclavas point gun during carjacking, make off with Jeep: Mission RCMP
MISSION - Mounties in Mission are investigating a carjacking in which two men with balaclavas pointed a gun and stole a Jeep last Friday (Apr. 4) in the Steelhead area.According to a statement from Mission RCMP spokesperson Corporal Harrison Mohr, two men who had finished hiking to Steelhead Falls arrived back at the t...
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Murals in Chilliwack
Update: Proposed changes to City of Chilliwack's mural policies referred back to staff
UPDATE 4:05 P.M. TUESDAY: Proposed changes to the city's public art policies involving murals in downtown Chilliwack have been referred back to staff, meaning Chilliwack council took no official action at its meeting Tuesday afternoon. After a lengthy discussion, the proposed changes will head to Public Art Advisory Co...
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Charitable event
Chilliwack non-profit throws a great party Saturday night, raises five figures for charitable programs
CHILLIWACK - Chilliwack Hospice Society knows how to throw a party for a great cause. Guests donning cowboy hats, plaid and all things Western filled the Evergreen Hall Saturday night for the society's 12th annual Hometown Hoedown for Hospice, raising over $59,000 to support free grief support and palliative care suppo...
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Abbotsford Police Department
Abbotsford motorist arrested after police discover gun, 'substantial' quantity of drugs
ABBOTSFORD - The Abbotsford Police Department says proactive policing paid off in a big way over the weekend after a vehicle stop resulted in the seizure of a gun and a large quantity of drugs. Police in Abbotsford say they managed 358 police files between 5 p.m. on Friday and 6 a.m. Monday morning, focusing primarily ...
Apr 08, 2025
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British Columbia
B.C. police warn of increase in scams targeting Indigenous businesses
PRINCE GEORGE - Mounties in Prince George, B.C., are warning about "a significant increase in high value" scams targeting Indigenous communities and businesses. They say fraudsters have swindled more than $3 million from North District communities over the past 15 months, and there is evidence to suggest such...
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Delta Air Lines had been expecting a record year. Then a trade war broke out
Delta Air Lines, which believed as recently as January that it was on track for its best financial year in company history, said Wednesday that disruptions in global trade have created such enormous uncertainty that it scratched its performance expectations for 2025. It is a remarkable walk-back for the nation's most p...
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Holocaust survivor Ruth Sigal recognized with Vancouver honour, memoir reissue
A Holocaust survivor who dedicated her life to raising awareness about the horrors her family endured before moving to Canada is getting a special honour in Vancouver today. The City of Vancouver will proclaim April 9 Ruth Kron Sigal day to recognize her efforts to ensure younger generations know about the atrocities a...
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Owner of three shopping malls in B.C. says she wants to buy Hudson's Bay
A Chinese billionaire in British Columbia has taken to social media to announce her plans to buy dozens of Hudson's Bay locations after she saw "Canadians feeling sad" over the collapse of the retail giant. Entrepreneur Weihong Liu is the board chairwoman of Central Walk, a retail investment company that owns...
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B.C. Human Rights Commissioner says guardianship law 'opaque,' lacks oversight
British Columbia's human rights commissioner says the province is the only place that she's aware of in Canada that allows people to be detained by the state without explicit legal authority, timelines or oversight. Kasari Govender says B.C.'s approach to holding people under the Adult Guardianship Act is discriminator...
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Vancouver's health authority says cases of mpox virus on the rise
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Coastal Health says there's been a recent spike in mpox, the viral infection also known as monkeypox. A statement from the health authority says the increase is cases is predominantly among gay and bisexual men who haven't had two doses of the vaccine that prevents the infection. It says the disea...
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Canada
In the news today: Two campaigns shift to Saskatchewan, Trump's trade war continues
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Two party leaders heading to Saskatchewan today The Liberal and NDP leaders will take their campaigns to Saskatchewan today as the federal election race nears the halfway mark. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is set to make an announceme...
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Canada adds more retaliatory tariffs as Trump's trade war hits the world
WASHINGTON - Canada amped up its retaliatory measures against Donald Trump's tariffs today as the United States president brought his trade war to the world. A 10 per cent baseline tariff on imports to the U.S. from most countries, and higher duties on dozens of nations, came into force just after midnight following da...
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Two federal party leaders in Saskatchewan today as campaign nears halfway point
OTTAWA - The Liberal and NDP leaders will take their campaigns to Saskatchewan today as the federal election race nears the halfway mark. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is set to make an announcement and speak at the First Nations Summit in Vancouver, before making his way to Saskatoon for a campaign event. There are 14 fede...
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B.C. Human Rights Commissioner says guardianship law 'opaque,' lacks oversight
British Columbia's human rights commissioner says the province is the only place that she's aware of in Canada that allows people to be detained by the state without explicit legal authority, timelines or oversight. Kasari Govender says B.C.'s approach to holding people under the Adult Guardianship Act is discriminator...
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'Sign of hope' for endangered killer whales as centre confirms newborn calf
The Centre for Whale Research says one of its field biologists has spotted a new calf in a pod of endangered killer whales off British Columbia's southern coast. The Washington-based centre says in a Facebook post that biologist Mark Malleson encountered J-pod, part of the larger population of southern resident killer ...
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Rise in asylum seekers to Canada as migrants' protected status set to expire in U.S.
MONTREAL - Canadian border officials say there has been a steady rise in the number of people seeking asylum at a border crossing south of Montreal. The rise in would-be refugees at the St-Bernard-de-Lacolle crossing comes as the temporary status of hundreds of thousands of migrants in the United States is set to expir...
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World
All suspects in custody after Virginia shooting that killed 3 and wounded 3 others, authorities say
SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (AP) - All suspects are in custody after a shooting in Virginia that killed three and wounded three others, authorities said Wednesday. On Tuesday evening, 911 calls came in about a shooting at a town house complex in Spotsylvania County, just outside Fredericksburg and about 65 miles (105 kilo...
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Texas AG Ken Paxton launches Senate primary challenge against Republican Sen. John Cornyn
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is running for the U.S. Senate in a primary challenge against Republican Sen. John Cornyn, setting up what is likely to become one of the GOP's most contentious and expensive contests of 2026. Paxton, a close ally of President Donald Trump, announced his decision T...
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Judge rejects new trials for 2 convicted of human smuggling in death of family of 4 from India
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A federal judge on Tuesday rejected requests for new trials for two men convicted on human smuggling charges in the deaths of four members of a family from India who froze to death while trying to cross the Canadian border into Minnesota during a blizzard in 2022. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim dec...
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Sports
Professional Women's Hockey League continues to change world championship landscape
ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE - The Professional Women's Hockey League was just a few months old when it paused for the 2024 women's world hockey championship. Deep into its second season, the PWHL's influence on rosters and preparation increased for this year's edition. There are 57 PWHL players on seven of the 10 teams i...
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Winnipeg Blue Bombers posted $7-million operating profit last season
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers posted a $7-million operating profit last season, the CFL club announced Wednesday. The community-owned franchise released its 2024 annual report, which also included a $7.1-million investment in improvements at Princess Auto Stadium. "This success reflects the continued suppor...
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World champion Mouat beats Dropkin in early draw at season-ending Grand Slam event
TORONTO - Top-ranked Bruce Mouat of Scotland defeated American Korey Dropkin 5-1 on Wednesday morning at the AMJ Players' Championship. Mouat, who won a world championship last weekend in Moose Jaw, Sask., iced the win with a deuce in the seventh end. In other games, John Epping topped Mike McEwen 7-5 in an all-Canadia...
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